Southern Hospice Trading Limited
Registered name: SOUTHERN HOSPICE TRADING LIMITED
Part of Southern Hospice Group groupSouthern Hospice Trading Limited made £262k revenue and £40.5k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Southern Hospice Trading Limited’s revenue was £262k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £40.5k profit and 2 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale in non-specialised stores” and is based in Worthing; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Worthing, South East
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “St Barnabas Hospices (Sussex) Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £262k |
| Cost of sales | — | — | −£116k |
| Gross profit | — | — | £146k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £40.5k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £40.5k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £40.5k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £40.5k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | 15.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 55.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £131k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £20.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲100% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £114 | £113 | — |
| Net assets | £2 | £2 | — |
| Current assets | £16.6k | £17.4k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 15.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £131k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £20.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲100%
- Now 2
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Southern Hospice Groupultimate parent75–100%
- Southern Hospice Trading Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- The Martlets Hospice LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £40.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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